Dragon Quest Zenith
Chapter 2
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Now Linku had said his goodbyes to his parents, friends, and basically everyone and set off to find a mentor. Now about 2 hours in he got hungry so he dug in his satchel trying to find food then it hit him he forgot to bring food (this was a problem obviously I don't know why I'm writing this) so he tried to hunt but all he brought was his new copper sword his sword sharpener and 3 tunics. So at this point, he began to worry but he pushed through and found a village about at 10:09 PM He stayed at the inn and it gave him complimentary breakfast after eating he realized another big problem he only had 50 gold so he decided to do physical labor and well by Day 3 he had broken 24 different bones and was sent to a hospital (the hospitals were new)
So he was in basically a full-body cast and only 100 gold he needed to do something so he tried to kill some monsters and steal their gold but as I mentioned earlier he was in a full-body cast and this restrained from fighting and even without a cast he still would have lost for he didn't even know how to use a sword. Now months have past and he has finally healed but still really poor he decided to do physical labor and instead try being an innkeeper he got fired after one entitled lady said "I want a real innkeeper, not some stupid little kid" she also said it to his face so he got mad and pulled his sword and though he didn't know how to use it he swung his sword and she dodged it and reported him so he got fired now things were looking rough for him until he joined a job called Run Run and the more you run the more gold you earn (it's actually really easy) so now with 10000 gold he bought food for months and a couple more tunics and a shield so he set off once more this time more prepared however there is someone lurking in the shadow following him in secret.
Now he was around 10 months in and he can only swing a sword (not even correctly) the person was still stalking him as well so on this particular day he was resting then before he knew it he was knocked out and captured. "Wakey Wakey," said a voice. Linku then woke up and found that he was tied to a wooden chair and he was separated from his sword, shield, and gold "ah you're awake" the voice said, "Who are you?" Linku asked "It doesn't matter now does it" he responded "Ok will you tell me why I'm tied up?" Linku asked "What does it look like kid we're stealing your stuff" the man answered."Well, couldn't you have just taken my stuff?'' "Don't question my boss." the thief said. "Well okay, your boss is stupid then" Linku shot back. " WHAT DID YOU SAY" the thief screamed while pulling knife then suddenly Linku said this before he got stabbed (the knife was actually 5 inches away) "I wouldn't do that if I were you" "huh," the thief said in a confused tone Linku didn't waste those precious seconds and kicked the thief in a certain area. The thief then fell on the floor howling in pain then the thief's boss came in and it was a King Slime. The thief now mildly recovered tried to kill Linku again but this time Linku dodged it and while the thief was fumbling about he sat down behind him and kicked him down but then as the thief tried to backward stab Linku while he was on the ground but at the same time the king slime tried to attack Linku by lunging forward Linku then quickly dodged the slime and the stab so instead the thief stabbed the king slime while Linku escape after realizing what he had done, out of shame he let Linku go but not without these words that will serve Linku well "You will someday be a good knight if that is what you want to do". Now Linku set off once more and he still had a stalker.
Now after around a year of searching going town after town and if I detail it the would go on and on for many chapters he finally found someone while walking he saw an old man who got jumped by some drackys in a flash he had a sword and killed them. So Linku went up to him and asked him if he would teach him everything he knows and he responded with "that would take some hard work and serious dedication if you want to learn everything I know it also might take many many years so are you sure" "I don't care how long it takes or how hard it is I will stick through with the training" was Linku's response but the old man was skeptical until he saw Linku's helm and so he said "alright kid you really want this but when things get hard don't expect me so suddenly be sympathetic and don't you dare even think about complaining you got that" "Yes sir" Linku responded And thus Linku's search ends and his training begins.
